Antiseptic broom.



Nn.4 657,426. Patented sept.`4 |900.

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ANTISEPTIC BRGUM.

(Application led Nov. 29, 1899,) (No Model.)

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OSCAR S. KULMAN,"OF1SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.'

ANTISEPTIC BROOM.

s'PncInrcATI'oN refining part or Letters Patent No. e57,426, `1ata september 4, 1900.

Application filed November 29, 1899. Serial No. 738,719. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR S. KULMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of 5 Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvem entin Antiseptic Brooms, of which the following is a specification.`

My invention has for i itsiobject to secure Within an ordinary straw brooman antiseptic ro retainer. It is a further developmentY of the device covered by me in Patent'No. 629,169, dated May 30, 1899; and it consists in novel means for holding tbe antiseptic retainer and replenishing the same, as hereinafter fully described. y

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of a broom provided `with my invention. Fig. lais an enlarged cross-section online 1a la. Fig. 2 is a similar view toFig.` 1, showing a modiii- Fig. 2a is an enlarged cross-section on line 2 2a, and Fig. 3 is a detail of a further modiiication. Y

Referring to Fig. 1, A is a Wooden broomhandle having at its lower end two diametrically-opposite grooves ot a, extending longitudinally from a point abovethe shoulder of the broom to the eXtreme lower end of the handle. In these grooves are embedded two longitudinally-arranged wires D D, whose 3o upper ends may be retained by screw-eyes B B or other means of anchorage, as hereinafter described, and whose lower ends protrude down into the straws of the broom to a point below the line of stitching s and are connected to a ret-ainer R for antiseptic. This retainer may be a bag of fabric, rubber, or any other desired material which has small perforations or interstices in it through which the antiseptic material may exude and destroy the dis- 4o ease germs in the broom,as well as-be dis-` tributed in effective, but minute, quantities upon the carpet or floor. Any kind of antiseptic material may be used. Instead of using two longitudinal grooves and two wires D D only one groove and one wire may be used or more' than two` grooves and supporting wires or tubes may be used. The object of my present invention is to provide a means for securing the wantiseptic in the straws of 5o the broom independent of the rows of stitching s in a simple and practicalway.

As a modification of my invention I may secured by the wire wrappings.

construct it as shown in Fig. 2, in which the handle A is bored hollow and in which the sustaining-wiresD of Fig. 1, which hold the retainer R, are replaced with'small tubes D', which may be magie of fabric, rubber, metal, or wood and which serve to connect the hollow space in the handle with the retainer, so that the latter may be refilled from time to time. These tubes lie in longitudinal grooves in the lower end of the handle; but their up per ends are turned inwardly and made to communicate with the interior of the hollow handle. By this means any liquid or powdered antiseptic may be easily run into the bag R by being poured into the broom-handle. The object in having thelongitudinal grooves in the lower end of the` broom-handle is to give a place for the wires D or tubes D to lie in, so as to still preserve the round contour of the broom-handle at this point and not interfere with the ordinary wire wrappings of` the broom used to fasten the straws to the handle. With this form of support for the retainer the supporting wires or tubes are tightly constricted in the grooves by the usual wire wrappings w around the broomhandle, and no special support for these wires need be provided, especially if the upper ends are turned inwardly, as in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 the support D2 for the retainer is made in the form of a loop in one piece, and it may be made of wire, bamboo, Whalebone, willow withes, or any other material, the upper ends being secured in the -longitudinal grooves and secured solely by the wire wrappings-seen at w in Fig. 1. In some cases the ends of the support D2 need not be laid in longitudinal grooves, but may be placed along the lower end of the handle and simply This form is a simple and practical one and not only supports the retainer, but distends it flatwise and gives the requisite elasticity for the broom in bending, which also promotes the exudation of the antiseptic.

In rendering the results of my invention more clear I would state that when the antiseptic bag or retainer R is located entirely below the lowest line of stitching and only the slender and flexible supports for the bag are bound in the line of stitching the broom is rendered as iiexible as the ordinary broom,

' y' verrezen4 f which is 'not only desirable, as in the ordinary broom,-but suchv `flexibility allows a slight lateral motion` of the antiseptic bag in sweepf ing that promotes the exudation of ther antiseptic 4and the gradual feed of the same down through the broom-strawsi If desired, the form' of my device shown in Fig. 2 may beV used to contain water and ybeused simply as a broom-moistener,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A broom having an antiseptic retainer'L incorporated in its straws entirely below the lowest line of stitching, and ilexible supporting devices fory the retainer attached t0 thev handle and 'arranged in the vcenter of the broom and passing through saidline ot' stitehf ingto the retainer as described.

2, Abroom having -oneor more external longitudinal grooves in its handle, supports arranged in these grooves and projecting downwardly through the `central partsof the 1- broom, and a retainerfor antiseptic material carried on the lower endsjof said supports ybelow. the "line of ystitchingsubstantially as and-fonthe purpose described.

3. A broom having a hollow handle, a

tainer embedded-'in its straws below the line of stitching, flexible supports for the retainer f made vin tubular form and connected to the hollow-v handle [and Y projecting downwardly Y throughthe central parts ofthe broom to the retainer substantially as described, 4

y A broom4 having oiiejoi" more' esternal longitudinal grooves in the' lower portion of the'ha'ndle, a support laid therein andretainedlby the convolutions of the broom=wires that secure the straws, and a retainerv secured uponthe lower end of .said supports below the line of stitching and embedded'in the straw of the broom substantially as described. y

v5. A broom having one or more external longitudinal grooves in the lower portion of the handle, one or more supports laid therein and having their upper ends turnedinwardly toward ther centerv of lthehandle, saidsupi ports being retained by the strawfwrapping wire,V and a retainercarried onthelower ends of said supports below the line of stitch;v ing kSmbstan'tially as described. i e f 6. Abroom .having attached toits handle at the lowerenda bowed 'or loop-shapedsupport yarranged 1in thecenterof the broom and combined with a .bagfshaped receptacle vfor,

antiseptic or other material, said receptacle being vboth distended and supported by said loop :at a point below the line ofstitching substantially as described.l y Q In `testimony whereo'vIA have signed my name to this speciication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.'l e

y, oscARl s. KULMAN.

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BENJ. SCHARPS, v DAVID S'cHARPs. 

